The Power of Lazy: 5 steps to exploit your biggest weakness

The above is perhaps the most common advice you hear, and 2 years ago I would have agreed. But today I can tell you it's flat out wrong.

Doing more is a rookie's mistake. It's the knee-jerk reaction we get on a topic we know little about. It's why most people fail.

Why More Doesn't Work

Most problems in life aren't simple problems, they are complex systems that require more brain than brawn. For example:

A simple problem is a tight pickle jar that you have a hard time opening.

A complex problem is finding the ideal amount of pickle jars you need a year.

So while doing more often works in simple problems, it doesn't in complex problems. Just buying more pickle jars won't magically land you on the ideal amount of jars you need.

We've reached our limit

The other reason more doesn't work is that, in many ways, a lot of people have already reached their limit.

No, not their absolute limit. But most people are already doing the maximum amount they can within the current set-up. For example, if you track the evolution of cars you will find early designs being limited to X speed. That doesn't mean cars in general are limited to X - as we now know - but that this specific design is.

And that’s why we’re going to change your set-up from the roots, so you can get more done with less time and energy.

5 Ways to Do Less and Get More

1. Destroy wasteful activities.

Everyday you spend hours doing stuff that makes you more depressed, tired and poor.

3. Lower your expectations

You don't know it but you use high expectations as an excuse not to do anything. Lets see how that works.

It starts with you thinking “I want to lose weight at a rate of 3lbs/week.” Then when you notice you are only losing 1.9lbs/week, get discouraged, and quit.

No, we aren't there yet.

Instead, don't even set expectations at all. Do you really care if you lose 0.5 or 2 pounds per week? If after 3 months you had lost only 15lbs and not 30, would it all have been a waste? With your old lifestyle you were gaining weight.

If you want to change that, just get started today. Focus on doing the right things, and you'll get there way faster than when you keep asking "ARE WE THERE YET, ARE WE THERE YET".

4. Take smaller bites

No, you can't wake up at 4am, go to the gym 7 days a week, and eat an 800 calorie diet. Most people fail because they try to do too much.

If you are totally sedentary right now, focus on walking regularly.

If you are going to the gym twice a week now, focus on training three times a week.

If you are waking up at 7am, focus on getting up at 6:30. You do this, by the way, by going to bed before 10:30.

I know you want to turn into WonderWoman overnight, but it's just impossible. Not like, it's really hard, but actually impossible.

I've discovered this after working with over a thousand clients and giving everything I’ve got to try and get them to change as quickly as possible.

The result? Everybody made incremental improvements. Some bigger than others but everybody had to climb the ladder one step at a time.

5. Rest more

"Sleep is a waste of time"
I hear this every day, and almost always it's uttered by the person who is complaining about low energy and tiredness.

For real?

Unless you are super energetic, focused, motivated, and able to accomplish everything you want to then you need more rest. That's 99% of people, especially in today's world.